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Family Baptist Church

2201 Girard Avenue North
612-522-3629

Mission Statement

We are committed to edifying believers to glorify God through God-focused worhsip, Bible-based discipleship, and Christ-focused evangelism, in a warm multi-ethnic family setting.... Transforming Our Community One Life at a Time!

History of Family Baptist Church

When the Fourth Baptist Church relocated in 1998, they left behind a small body of members who were committed to ministering to the communities of North Minneapolis. Originally, the group met in separate services beginning the fall of 1996 in the Clearwaters Chapel at the old Fourth Baptist site (2101 Fremont Ave N, Minneapolis, Minnesota). The first service was on September 8th, 1996

The Church became an independent church when it chartered in the following spring of 1997. Family Baptist Church was chartered on June 22nd, 1997. It remained at the Clearwaters Chapel location until the late fall of 2002. Through God's providence the church purchased its present location (2201 Girard Ave N, Minneapolis, Minnesota). God graciously provided for the Immanuel Lutheran Church to sell its campus to Family Baptist Church. The site was prized by Family Baptist Church because of its location to the old Fourth Baptist site and its connection to the neighborhood.

Its first and only pastor has been Senior Pastor Lee Ormiston. At the church chartering service he was offically installed as Pastor of the Family Baptist Church by an unanimous vote. Pastor Lee Ormiston was instrumental in the planting of Family Baptist Church. He was appointed as the overseeing pastor during the time before Family Baptist chartered as its own church. God has allowed him to be an intregral part of the Family Baptist ministry.

God has graciously provided and watched over this ministry through it brief history. Today, Family Baptist has realized the next step in it's history by planting another ministry in the inner city of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. This new ministry is an independent church and is called All-Nations Baptist Church. It is pastored by Pastor Jason Ormiston and is located near the University of Minnesota campus. 

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